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SMITH (-ModeL) FENCE.

Patented Jan, 10,1882

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. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HOMER SMITH, OF KIRKSVILLE, MISSOURI.

FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 252,061, dated January 10, 1882. Application filed August 10, 1am. (ModeL) T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HOMER SMITH, a citizen of the United States of America, residingat Kirksville, in the county of Adair and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fences; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others "skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked there on, which form a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 represents a side elevation with parts of the fence-pickets in vertical section. Fig. 2 represents an enlarged view of one form of the wire before adjusting the same into the slots in the ends. of the pickets. Fig. 3 represents a side view of a panel when the picket is used with a twisted wire, with a picket in vertical cross-section and wire indented in the wood of the picket. Fig. 4 represents a side view of a panel with alternate pickets longer than the others, and-the slot sawed an equal distance into the upper ends of all the pickets.

In the accompanying drawings, A A represent the posts of a panel of fence set any suit- ..able distance apart; B, the upper wire, and O the lower wire, supporting the pickets D, which may be of any desirableform or length. Preferably I construct them about one inch thick, and wide enough to get the desired strength, wit h a slot, E, sawcd'in each end of-the picket.

In adjusting the pickets upon the wires, loops are first formed upon the wires as near to each other as it is desired to place the pickets D, when the wires B and O are placed in the slots E and a pin or nail, F, driven through the pickets, passing through the loops formed on the wires, thus securely and firmly fastening each picket separately until enough have been adjusted for a panel, when the panel is fastened to the posts, drawing. the wires as taut as desirable.

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When desirable, the pickets D can be used with a wire composed of two wires twisted together, as the nails F driven through the pickets and clinched close the slots Ev against the uneven surface, thereby holding the pickets D in their proper place.

The pickets D can also be used in connection with a' smooth wire, as shown in Fig. 4, by sawing the slots E farther into the ends of each alternate picket, or by sawing the slots E the same distance into the ends of each of the pickets and making each alternate picketlonger than the one immediately next to it, which will make a bend in the wire where it passes through the slots,

When desirable to have a spacebetween the bottom of the pickets -D and the ground, one or more of the pickets near the center of the panel can be left longer than the others, with the lower end resting upon the ground,

which will assist the snpporting-wires'in holding the fence in itsproper place.

. The advantages I claim for a fence built in the manner described are, first, that the wires B and 0 being firmly fastened into the slots E by the securing-nail, the breaking of one or more of the pickets D, or even the breaking of the wires B and 0, does not loosen the pickets from the wires; second, that when a picket is broken it can easily and quickly be repaired without disturbing the other pickets.

Having described the construction of thefence, what Iclaim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In combination with a fence-picket slotted as described, a supporting wire or wires bent or looped to receive the securing nail or pin and the securing nail, substantially as de- In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

. HOMER SMITH. Witnesses:

W. P. KOOKEGEY, LEON TOBRINER. 

